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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.May peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.

That's the best form of greeting that anyone can give you regardless of you who are? Even if you are not a Muslim yet, you still deserve to be addressed as such providing you have it in you to want to at least reflect and contemplate or study upon the Truth of Al Islam.

Let me now bring you to the topic of phony Muslims who are now turning up here and there claiming to have left Islam and entered another faith, belief or creed.

Someone as phony as this guy @ a Dr Ergun Caner whom one of my readers has emailed me about and asked whether I have blogged about him yet?

I googled him and found the following series of exposes about this obviously proven to be a sorry ass fraudulent impostor who posed as a Muslim in the United States of America and clearly is not what he claims to be by the very manner by which he mumbles and grumbles his words which he attempts to pass off as Islamic terms and phrases which only the ignorant ones amongst the Non Muslim masses will be gullible enough to swallow hook, line and sinker!

The maker of the video below ought to be congratulated for successfully exposing this charlatan who attempts to besmear our Islamic faith and our blessed Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam.

Brothers and sisters, fellow Children of Prophet Adam Alaihis Salam.

Usually, I wouldn't give a rats ass to cases like these for there are just about hundreds of thousands of such cases featured online and are really not worth the time and effort one would be wasting in trying to understand the gibberish that these bozos post and upload to You Tube!

Yet because I have devoted the rest of my life to sharing the truth about Islam and engage with those who truly and sincerely want to know about their birthright to be Muslims, I gather that once in a while, its important for me to come out and share more with you my respected readers about our faith of Islam.

Yes, our faith of Islam. You have the right to be a Muslim. None can stop you except your own self.

You decide whether you want to live the rest of your life as a Muslim or as a Kaffir.

The term 'Kaffir' is not a derogatory word. Simply means 'Disbeliever'.

Disbeliever in what?

Disbelieving that Almighty Allahu Ta'ala is our Supreme Creator.

Quite ridiculous actually if one claims to be a rational, learned and knowledgeable person to go on and believe in something else rather than Allah, God Almighty!

No sane person worth his intellect would want to believe that God so chose to reincarnate himself as His own creation and go on into becoming a foetus in one of His creations and then be borne as any other living being of His!

Utter stupidity or sheer case of the convoluted mind trying to delude oneself to belief in the preposterous!

Simple fact.

There are just whole oceans of knowledge available online and in the print publications worldwide pertaining to the Supremacy of Allahu Rabbi over all Creation that it would be akin to attempting to reinvent the wheel for me to start all over again in explaining about how wrong many members of the humankind are today in wanting to have faith in something other than God Almighty!

I have come to the stage where I really would not want to bother wasting time on recalcitrants like the chap featured below for in comparison to the blinkered few, there are billions more out there who are seeking for the Truth!

Nevertheless, if you think that you have a few minutes to spend in learning about the fake Muslim convert to Christianity being discussed here, then you are most welcome to study the video below and after going through the other related videos in the series, go on and make up your minds as to whether this fellow had ever been a true Muslim as he claims to have been?

Good luck!

Frankly speaking dear Brothers and Sisters, there are 16 more of the follow up expose videos on this fraudster in the series and I really do not wish to clog up my blog here with such videos.

You are at liberty to go on and watch them on You Tube to learn more about this shyster.

"The truth must be told no matter what so that justice can live!"

I don't say the above just for fun.

This fake former so called Muslim is alive out there in the USA poisoning the hearts and minds of ignorants who don't really know about what Islam truly is and what it is not.

Please do the necessary.

Study about Islam if you wish to know the truth about it from authentic sources. Not from guys like this 'con'vert to Christianity!

There are priests, pastors and rabbis out there embracing Islam after spending so many years studying about it despite they having been leaders in their former faiths.

This joker is out there milking the Christian churches out of their precious funds and resources in his charade of being a former Muslim?

Thursday, July 29, 2010

It was by chance that I came across Malaysia's famous Nasyeed Supremo, Nazrey Johani who was once the lead vocal of one of the country's pioneer blockbuster record breaking Nasyeed group ~ Raihan at the Seri Pacific Hotel in KL this afternoon.

He had put on some weight and looked a bit more fleshy since the last time I met him in person at the Raihan's office in Bandar Sri Damansara about 8 years back. I had gone to see the group and present to them a Canadian landbanking opportunity but the fellas told me that they didn't have enough moola to invest in such a project. :)

There was one other accidental meet up with Nazrey at the 1 Utama Shopping Complex where he was way much more slimmer than today. He had a mop of bristly looking hair and looked quite different than the kopiah wearing crooner I always saw him be.

It so happened that one of my long time blogger buddy Zaharin Hj Yasin @ the notorious Sang Kelembai who was a royal pain in the ass for the former sleepy PM saw me and came over to speak and catch up with the latest news.

I introduced him to Nazrey and an Achehnese student who wanted to take a photo with our Ex Raihan singing superstar nasyeed crooner.

He was scheduled to perform later tonight at the interval in this year's International Quran Recitation competition being held at Merdeka Hall, PWTC. Tonight is the 3rd nite running.

I will be updating several videos that I shot of Nazrey and myself later in this article once I have finished processing them and uploaded to my You Tube account. Insya Allah.

Nazrey Johani quit Raihan to go solo and to focus his attention and efforts in running a Quran Training Institute @

Al-Tahfiz Bayu Syahadah (SA-0138055-D),

Blok B, Suite 3-2-4, Megan Salak Park,

Taman Desa Petaling, 57100, Kuala Lumpur.

Those of you who are interested to contribute to Nazrey's noble efforts are welcome to send in your donations / zakat fisabilillah to his (Al Tahfiz Bayu Syahadah ResourcesBank Islam account : 12038010098575

Personally, I think Nazrey should not have left Raihan and gone solo because Raihan is naturally not the same without him being its lead vocal. He is an integral part of Raihan and will always be its face.

Just like Allahyarham Ustaz Mohd Asri Ibrahim of the other top Malaysian all time nasyeed lead group Rabbani.

Its just not quite the same without my other favorite quivering chinned lead nasyeed singer who has left us last year to be with Ar Rahman, serenading Jannahtul Firdaus perhaps with his articulate renditions of the blessed Quranic verses and salutations upon the Blessed Final Messenger of Allahu Ta'ala.

Nazrey Johani is a force to be reckoned with and he still packs quite a punch with his smooth crooning voice that has touched multi million hearts of Muslims and Non Muslims all around the world.

He has sang before kings, queens and commoners and mesmerized all with his fabulous voice, bringing the message of Islam to everyone who has been fortunate to hear him and Raihan sing live to them or through their prize winning hit cd's , vcd's and dvd's.

Here are some videoclips of nasyeeds that Nazrey sang with other members of the original line up of Malaysia's Kings of Nasyeed, RAIHAN :

If you can understand Malay, contemplate upon the meanings of the following nasyeed's lyrics. It will cause you to reflect upon all that you have done in your life so far? Best nasyeed for those who wish to repent.

Which other nasyeed group of the world has performed in the Royal Albert Hall in London?

Siti Nurhaliza went to the same hall just to perform her pop songs. No big deal as far as I am concerned. Just another pop singer of the hedonistic world. Not like Raihan!!!

Raihan went on to capture the hearts and minds of the British people with their outstanding nasyeeds which brought many closer to understanding Islam for what it truly is instead of falling victim of the media demonization of our deen.

See for yourselves how Raihan and Nazrey had Russians singing along with them praising Allahu Ta'ala and our Greatest Prophet of Allahu Rabbi, Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam:

Has any other nasyeed group ever achieved what Raihan have done to bring the people of many other countries to appreciate our Islamic nasyeeds, praising and glorifying Allah and His Messenger?

Here they are performing in France and getting the French to join them in glorifying Allah :

Raihan reached out to many in this world. Here is a nasyeed that they sang in Urdu :

Raihan also sang in Mandarin :

Let's wish Nazrey well and pray that Allahu Rabbi bestows upon him and his beloved family (6 children now) the best of this life and in the Yaum al Akhirat!

Hehehehe.... I do not know whether this mom is a newbie at shooting webcam videos as she has depicted herself to be here or is a seasoned actress putting up a show but she gets my vote for originality. :D

I mean, how many videos are out there in You Tube today of our local Malaysian mothers posting up videos like these to advice and remind their offspring's who have flown out of the coop so to speak and thought that they are finally free from mom's all monitoring eyeview, huh?

Hehehehe..well folks! Meet Cyber Mom ~ Malaysian style.

Mohd Khairuddin, wherever you are....you better respond and reply to your mom's videos here el pronto because if you don't, the entire You Tube viewers wrath and curses will be upon you young man!!!

On behalf of the You Tubers out there, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mohd Khairuddin's Mom!

Psst... just a bit of advice Makcik....next time you shoot another video using your webcam, please look directly at the camera!

Friday, July 23, 2010

The Chief Imam at Masjid Al Najihin, Bandar Sri Permaisuri broke down in sobs today whilst making the do'a after the Jumaat prayers this afternoon!

To hear this good friend of mine break down and cry between the recitation of the do'a caught many of us unawares and it brought a lump to our throats as we too fought hard to contain ourselves for being so affected to hear our young Imam be so emotional in prayers.

After praying the sunnat prayers, I made my way to his office and after giving him my salam and embracing him in my usual bear hug enquired as to why he got so emotional during the recitation of the do'a?

He replied that he got so because it occurred to him that he might not live to Ramadan and became so sad thinking about it?

I reminded him of the reality that we live between the 5 daily prayers in fact!

Why worry about Ramadan when there's no guarantee that we might even get to live up to Asar? Who is there to guarantee that we will make it to Maghrib after that and on to `Isya?

Is there anyone out there who can promise us that we will definitely make it to Subuh tomorrow and so on and so forth?

The Imam understood my advice and gave me a big hug in return and smiled.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

My journey started with my wife dropping me off near the walkway to the Salak Selatan LRT station early in the morning.

I was hoping to be able to get to the Bukit Jalil Temporary Express Bus Terminal before 9am and maybe get to catch an early bus to Butterworth and from there take the U601 Rapid Penang bus to Kepala Batas where my herbalist lives.

I reached the Salak Selatan station and paid just a ringgit LRT fare to reach the Bukit Jalil Station. Once I reached the station, I had to walk quite a distance and cross the road to the temporary Express Bus Terminal.

As expected, I was accosted by various ticket touts aggressively asking me about my intended destination but I just kept smiling at each of the pests and doggedly made my way past the obnoxious gauntlet and searched for the MARAliner counter.

I paid RM31.20 for the fare to Butterworth scheduled to depart at 10.30am. I had no choice but to wait at the haphazardly set up temporal food court which had a foul stinking smelly sewer as its neighbor!

For all the hype about Bukit Jalil being our nation's premier sporting complex and whomsoever decided to set up the temporary express bus terminal here, they surely didn't see to it that the standards of top class sporting facilities should also be applied to the temporary bus terminal to balance the infrastructural make up of the area.

From '1st world' Bukit Jalil Stadium standards, we had the temporary bus terminal set up with 3rd world mayhem set ups.

The whole area was looking rough shod and I so wished that my bus will arrive on time and whisk me away from the mess and the din of the bus ticket touts loudly making their voices heard above the din and roar of the noisy express buses arriving and departing from the station.

We can be excused if we thought of ourselves being in Jakarta or Chow Kit for almost each and every stall holder or the workers were Indonesian.

Where are all the locals? Place too smelly and foul for them, huh? Maybe. Can't blame them altogether if they shied away from doing business there on that account?

When I myself had to practically hold my breath because there were just so many smokers huffing and puffing away as they pleased contaminating and polluting the already stinked up atmosphere there!

If only the smokers could have a look at what they are doing or have done to their lungs from all the needless habit? From a pinkish fresh lively hue, their lungs would now have been corroded and blackened with all the nicotine tar and all other pollutants present in every stick of cigarette that they have and are still smoking? Their choice of committing suicide the slow way.

I didn't like the looks of the roti canai seller. One of those 'mamak' wannabes. So, I opted to play safe and bought myself a packet of nasi lemak and ordered a glass of hot water.

So, I had my nasi lemak and sipped my coffee as I watched the human drama enfold right before me. There were just so many characters going about here and there as I sat at one of the many round tables set up before each temporary food stall.

There were a few very distinct looking chaps. Wearing sunglasses and quite colorful uniform of the various express bus companies, one of the chaps sat near my table. I asked him if it was okay for me to snap his photo?

He said no problem so yours truly happily grabbed my camera and snapped the following shots :

Didn't wait around much longer than necessary over there at the makeshift foodcourt for obvious reasons. Stinking foul smell emanating from the surroundings.

I wondered what the tourists who had no choice but to take the express buses there thought of our nation after suffering the same like me?

I am sure that their appraisals would be just as bad if not worse from mine over the state of affairs concerning the slipshod setting up of the express buses terminal at the fringe of the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex!

Monday, July 19, 2010

When I read the news of PAS and DAP going for each other's jugular in debating about the main issue ~ ' Islamic State' that is like the proverbial fishbone in their respective political throats, I am not surprised at all !

These two constantly bickering partners in the loose coalition of the yet to be registered officially as the Pakatan Rakyat are perpetually opposite to each other like what water is to oil?

One claims to champion the setting up of the Islamic State whilst the other is all for a secular Malaysian Malaysia.

PKR is content to be the marriage broker and doesn't really worry too much about the antics of these two for its Special Advisor has his eyes glued to the Prime Ministerial seat in Putrajaya and couldn't really be bothered with the internal strife between the mismatched couple, PAS and DAP.

In the meantime, we have a loveless marriage of sorts between UMNO and all the other coalition parties that make up the BN.

From the way things have been simmering within the ranks of the BN, I see no strong alliance visible between the members of the nation's ruling Federal Government of Malaysia.

The MCA is as troubled by its infighting just like its counterpart in the MIC. The MCA however is much more vibrant in the fact that its President and Central Committee can be changed by its members if they are not satisfied with the track record of such leaders?

The MIC on the other hand is ruled like the proverbial political dynasty of its belligerent President Samy Vellu who ruthlessly sees to it that none dare displace him and his chosen minions.

UMNO is chockful of arrogant couldn't care less narcissists political opportunists who will spare no effort in ensuring that their individual nests remain feathered and flush with cash no matter what?

On the religious side, the so called ulamaks are dedicated to remain as the 3 ' See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Speak No Evil' scholarly simians.

The Malaysian Ummah in a nutshell are metaphorically screwed.

We can expect none of the above to come to our rescue.

Period!

It's each man and woman, boy or girl left to fend for our own self's.

This is the reality.

Its up to you to decide as to how you go about living your life and striving to achieve your personal needs, in all areas and avenues.

The outcry by Selangorians over the way sands of Selangor are being pirated away by the lorryloads to God knows where by those who are supposed to be licensed and issued sand mining permits by the current Pakatan Rakyat led State Government of Selangor is referred to in this article.

It's not like illegal sand mining is something new here in Malaysia?

It has been going on for so many years and the indiscriminate way that the illegal sand miners go about it destroying the ecological balance of our nation's rivers, jungles and coastal areas practically at their whim and fancy in full view of those who are supposed to stop all these rampant willful destruction of our country's environment and causing the extinction of many precious species of flora and fauna shows a lack of official deterrence in fighting these crooks.

The Orang Asli who live near the river tributaries also face starvation and loss of precious resources of drinking quality water as a result of these sand pirates!

As usual, whenever news about this sand piracy gets media attention, the ones who are now running or ruining the Selangor State Government come out with their guns blazing blaming the sand piracy on those who used to be the rulers over there in Shah Alam!

As I see it, the predecessors and the current rulers of the State of Selangor are no different in any ways.

Both abused their positions and allowed sand mining to be carried out rampantly and have never actually tried to book the offending sand pirates or really attempted to nip the problem in the bud so to speak!

The Sultan of Selangor having been reduced to just be a constitutional monarch has not been heard to speak about this grievous matter.

Environmental NGOs who voice out against the sand piracy are ignored and the MPs who try to speak out against this sand piracy are threatened with murder and their homes and vehicles splashed with red paint in order to terrorize and intimidate them with lethal harm!

It's frustrating to see our nation being ruled by spineless eunuchs who are only good at giving cock and bull excuses without having the gonads to catch and bring these crooks to justice!

Well, what can we expect from a government that is so yellow that to cane a willing Syariah offender like Kartika Sari Dewi Syukarnor, the buggers played possum and chickened out at the end of the day?

As it is, the Sand Pirates of Selangor are having a field day!

Creating giant craters that is!

One of these days, the beleaguered State of Selangor might just as well simply cave in like this!

Once that happens, I want to see what the excuse givers are gonna come up with?

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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Mr. Bugliosi and GWB, LLC formed a production company to produce the documentary of his book. The film is Directed by David J. Burke, Produced by Kip and Kern Konwiser and Executive Produced by Peter Miller.IT IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN FEBRUARY, 2010.

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The film is not only about the monumental crime committed by George W. Bush and members of his administration in taking America to war in Iraq under false pretenses (as Vince Bugliosi makes a strong case for in his book and the movie). It is equally about deterring future Presidents and their administrations from knowingly going to war on a lie, because a Bush prosecution will tell them that the law will be enforced and there will be legal consequences. No one is above the law.ABOUT VINCENT BUGLIOSI

Vincent Bugliosi received his law degree in 1964. In his career at the L.A. County District Attorneys office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions without a single loss. His most famous trial, the Charles Manson case, became the basis of his classic, Helter Skelter, the biggest selling true crime book in publishing history. Two of Bugliosis other books—And the Sea Will Tell and Outrage—also reached #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list. No other American true-crime writer has ever had more than one book that achieved this ranking. His latest book, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has been heralded as epic and a book for the ages. Tom Hanks Playtone Productions is producing an 8 hour HBO mini-series on the book.

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This case against the former 43rd President of the United States of America if it ever comes to court will be the trial of the century!

We have all at one time or other grieved at the immense loss of lives perpetrated by the United States of America's Armed Forces against the sovereign People's Republic of Iraq on March 20, 2003 on the dubious claim of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction!

As a result of the American invasion, Iraq was devastated and carpet bombed to almost being eradicated from the world map. This most heinous war was carried out against one of the then Middle East strongest Arab country.

The suffering of the Iraqi people in losing millions of their citizens continues to this day as the Americans continue to pillage and spirit away the wealth of Iraq in the form of black gold ~ oil under guise of rebuilding the once sovereign nation that they destroyed and robbed in the first place.

Renowned Attorney Vincent Bugliosi is pursuing this mass murder case against the former 43rd President of the United States of America with a vengeance!

Let's see whether there truly is room for truth and justice in the world's so called nation that fights for liberty for all or it will only fizzle away like an open bottle of soda?

George Bush is on tape caught lying over September 11, 2001. He lied to the Americans and the entire world and went on to bombard Afghanistan, a poor suffering country, blaming them for the attacks ( conspiracy) on the World Trade Center twin towers!

Now we hear that Afghanistan has the world's largest deposits of precious minerals that will bring trillions of dollars when mined and processed?

So, all that bullshitting is nothing but a false pretense by George Bush to go rob and pillage another sovereign nation on pretext of avenging those thousands of innocent victims whom he had a hand in getting them massacred to advance his causes of global occupation?

Can the world remain as a willing accomplice to these massacres and feign ignorance?

If this case gets to court over there in the States, then I await to see whether a similar case can be brought up here against Musa Hitam, Radzi Sheikh Ahmad and others for perpetrating the Memali Massacre?

Karpal Singh who promised to take up this case on behalf of the villagers of Memali must be conveniently choosing to close the file on this one?

We'll just have to wait if his promise turns up to be nothing more than a bullshitter's promise instead of him being the legal bullfighter we have all been brought to believe him to be?

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Now, isn't that the best form of greeting in the world? I for one truly love the Salam and appreciate those who know how to value its proper form of greeting and knowing the best ways to return such a beautiful greeting?

The Prophet Muhammad ibni Abdullah, Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam, the Greatest and Final Messenger of Allahu Rabbul Alamin, Supreme God, Master and Creator of us all ( yeah!.. that includes each and every man, woman, creature, being, whatsoever?) in the entire universes!

Yeap! That's not a typo! I typed universes!... with an 's' at the end of the word. :)

For all that some may know, the universe that they might come to know and accept is just this system of life that we dwell in.

For the informed and knowledgeable, though, we all know that this physical existence is not the only form of life that is present.

`Ilm or Knowledge does not come easy. You might have at home libraries and libraries and whole sets of encyclopedia of books, periodicals and journals (that is if you are born into a 'reading family?) all beautifully stacked up and shelved along the walls of your study room or hall but if you don't spend your time studying all of them or have it in you to learn and want to know, all that I've typed preceding this might just be 'Greek' to you!

Not implying that there won't be anyone here amongst my esteemed readers who are into the Greek language study, arts or culture? I'm sure that there will be some of you dear readers who know exactly what I mean or am inferring to here by using such terms of expression.

The main reason I am voicing out so is due to the fact that not all are really that bothered to dwell into the finer points of living a life that is filled with a deep sense of appreciation for all that's fine and of educational value in our short temporal lives here on Earth.

The 3rd plane of existence for those who know. Will come back to this in another article, soon. Insya Allah. :)

Nowadays, one often comes across some idiotic vile comments coming from totally ignorant, stupid, moronic ignoramuses belittling those of us who are Muslims online especially in the comments section of You Tube accounts featuring Islamic content or in the many online forums discussing religion or social and political issues.

You know what I am talking about?

Despite all the advancements we have in the current world of science and technology, such achievements are lost on some crude lifeforms who look similar to us but are devoid of human intelligence and good breeding.

Today, I came across a beautiful Mukminah @ Ummu Solehah Muhammad who happened to join those who chose to follow my blog.

The daughter of a splendid knowledgeable Mukmin who has devoted his life to help guide others as well based upon the rich experience he has had as a social activist and volunteer.

It is so good and truly heartening to come and learn of such fine folks who are a boon to our society. Malaysia so needs such fine learned father and daughter personalities in its midst.

If I am to liken them to gemstones, these two are like very fine precious diamonds! Only appreciated by those who know the difference between a zircon and a true gem such as them. Alhamdulillah!

It is not easy to be an absolute Muslim nowadays.

No sirree.

We are living in an era where despite the abundance of knowledge and all kinds of access to the finer aspects of human civilization is available to those who know how to seek for them, we find ourselves in a sea of humanity which often fails to differentiate itself from the mass of creation that at times borders on the reckless and ignorant swirl of those who are best described to be inhuman.

Why do I say so?

Well, let's take for instance, the current tendencies to be self-centered. There are just so many out there today who really don't give a damn about anyone else.

Including their own parents, siblings, family, friends, neighbors or fellow Malaysians. Don't even start asking about other people, from other countries, etc?

Their life involves just one person. Themselves!

These inconsiderate self centered Kiasu Kings or Queens live only to see to it that whatever he or she wants is gained and acquired no matter what it takes?

They wouldn't care whether they have to hurt, harm or destroy anyone who happens to be caught in their path.

Yes. It is evident by the manner by which they speak or act upon in their daily narcissistic life. Woe betide those who don't agree or succumb to their incessant demands!

All these happens if the said individual is not in contact or has the required 5 daily transactions with Ar Rahman.

Bad enough if the said individual is not a Muslim? We can say that he or she is not held accountable for their deeds according to our perspectives as Muslims... but what about those who claim to be Muslim yet live a life that is scarier than Scary Spice?

Hehehehe...just wanted to type that.

Scarier than Scary Spice! Nice ring to it, eh?

Hehehehe...jokes aside.. let me get back to what I am inferring to here?

What about those amongst us who despite claiming to be a Muslim, live a life devoid of any contacts at all with the teachings or practices of Al Islam?

It's not a pretty picture, I tell you. These folks are in a situation that even the Devil would not want to be.

To those of you who have yet to know, the Devil ~ Syaitan, Iblis, whatsoever used to be the most pious worshiper of Allahu Ta'ala amongst the Djinn.

Yes. In my studies about the subject, I learned that Syaitan used to be known as Azazil. Leader of the Djinns.

A very pious subject of Allahu Ta'ala.

His defiance in not obeying Allah's Will to prostrate before Sayyidina Adam Alaihis Salam, our Father and the very first Man there in Paradise can be debated and discussed amongst us here, mortal beings, descendants of Prophet Adam Alaihis Salam as to why he chose to say 'No!' to such a command of The Supreme Creator?

Yet, it will not change anything.

To me as a Muslim student of life and all that there is, I have some very strong opinions about it but am hesitant as to whether I should voice them aloud or just keep them to myself till such an apt situation comes along where I can speak my mind freely without being accused of being this or that?

If I am to put it to you that in my view, I see Azazil as not being disobedient to Allah but rather just not wanting to submit his self to another makhluk ~ creation of God, will you accuse me of being one who is going against the grain, so to speak?

Hehehehe... I am listed anyway as being amongst those who are considered as 'Lawan Arus' here in the Malaysian Blogosphere. :) Not that it matters to me but I am not your average 'SoPo' blogger, kowtowing to this or that faction or political groupings.

Can you see my point?

What if by choice, Azazil ~ the Devil refuses to prostrate before Adam Alaihis Salam because he the Leader of the Djinns will only bow or prostrate himself to none but Allahu Rabbi?

Can we find him guilty of insubordination towards God Almighty?

I am sure that there will be many who agree that if we are to dissect and discuss the matter, there will be many avenues where one can say that Azazil was not wrong in choosing not to prostrate himself before Adam because Adam is not his God but rather just another makhluk, another creation of Ar Rahman.

But if Azazil had no choice but to just go along with the Taqdeer ~ Fate that Allahu Rabbi has decided for him, then who is there to say otherwise?

Things like these can get messy. There will be many who just so love to dispute and argue about such matters till Kingdom come but then again, I need to prioritize.

I need to speak about and share my thoughts here on matters that might be of help to the many who seek more info on Islam. Not to go into the realms of the human mental oceans of thought and findings that might just confuse more than show them a way out of whatever mess they are currently in?

I have always chosen to share my thoughts in a manner that the average person will find easy to understand or contemplate upon.

Only the other day, an exchange took place online between myself and a friend who happens to be a 'Mualaf' ~ Revert to Islam.

The brother wanted to ask my opinion as to whether it would be alright for him to practice what he says is 'Wahabism' here in Malaysia?

I learned from him that he had just returned from 'umrah and he found that the Saudis were practicing an easy form of Islam.

Really?

He went on and said that Islam here in Malaysia is just so complicated and that there are just so many jamaah's, this and that adding to the confusion.

What can I say?

It is true that the so called Malaysian Islamic authorities are just so screwed up and do not have it in them to impose or implement the true tenets of the faith that Rasul Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam left for us but these fellows interpret the fundamentals and principles of al Islam according to their whims and fancies or as what those who claim themselves to be the 'Keepers of Islam' here in Bolehland issue specially worded decrees to fit their own special needs and wants?

When I shared my opinion that I don't agree with many things that the Saudis whom I referred to as the puppets of Britain and American neocolonialism are doing, he got pissed off and said that I'm talking politics! He accused me of confusing him further and not to forget that he is a convert?

I got hot under the collar myself and rebutted him with a question asking him as to when did he revert to Islam? Was it just yesterday? I also took him to task for saying that I was confusing him?

Sometimes, it is really a futile exercise in trying to speak with those who have already made up their minds about this or that and simply are looking for someone upon whom he or she can dump their problems and later turn around and claim that we confused them about whatever it is that they were cooking up in their mental kitchen in the first place?

When I said that its up to him to do whatever he feels he is happy with, he took further offense and discourteously ended the chat abruptly. Hrrrmphhh!

That's what I get for 'entertaining' such friends. :(

Sometimes, encounters such as these will only cause some do gooders to question themselves as to why the heck do they need to bother with such problematic people?

Why the hell should we waste our precious time and energy in trying to lead the proverbial horse to water?

Is it worth our efforts?

Despite such hangups, I tell myself not to give up.

I tell myself as to what will I have to answer Ar Rahman when He questions me as to why I gave up so easily?

I remind myself the story I always tell about pumping the 'artesian well'.

That if I gave up when the water was just about to gush out spewing the much needed life giving refreshment that the yearning soul was so thirsty for, I'd end up like just another loser who tried and lost because I gave up too soon?

2. `When untrustworthy people will be regarded as trustworthy and the trustworthy will be regarded as untrustworthy.

Phew! I am pretty sure that most of us can relate to this taking place practically every day here in Malaysia and that the cases involving corrupt officials and politicians of this country is practically overflowing at the courts just like the burst water pipes of SYABAS and all other state water supply companies nationwide.

The hadith is just so crystal clear and right on target in our life today as far as its wordings is concerned.

The untrustworthy are practically all over the place, in society, in the corridors of power, all kinds of authority and even chockful in Parliament, and not excluding even the royal palaces!

Only the other day, we had a confession of sorts coming from the MP for Kulim Bandar Baru who confessed to lying all these while ever since he was voted in by the duped voters of his constituency.

They thought that they were voting for the PKR but as things have turned out, their MP has declared himself to be independent.

Imagine what the voters of Kulim Bandar Baru must be feeling now?

The one they trusted with their votes has betrayed them. Its not the candidate that these people voted for but the political party which nominated him in the first place.

He is also on video confessing about his involvement in scandal and libel involving even the PM and his wife where he says he was ordered to come up with (affidavits) statements that will implicate (Najib and Rosmah) them in the (Altantuyaa Shaariibuu murder case).

That confession clearly exposes his lying all these years. Classic case of trusting the untrustworthy, isn't it?

A trustworthy Muslim will have exposed this conspiracy way back then.

Yet as we know, sometimes one's personal safety ought to be taken into consideration and just to be magnanimous, one can be forgiven to think that was the reason as to why he kept quiet all these years? He could have feared for his personal safety if he had exposed this conspiracy earlier?

Its not something impossible to take place here in Malaysia or anywhere else for the matter?

People have been killed over even the flimsiest matter what more of a case as big as this?

Let's take a look now at other examples of criminal breaches of trust. The Perak fiasco.

3 members of the Perak State Assembly turned traitors to their respective parties and saw a major scandalous change of state government take place and the sub-sequential betrayal of the Perak citizens to their Sultan, especially when members of PAS lay on the roads blocking the path of the Crown Prince's entourage!

The PAS members did so demanding the Sultan to reinstate the sacked Pakatan Rakyat Perak State government which lost the majority of seats in the State's Assembly with the breaching of trust by the 3 Assembly men and woman who declared themselves to be independent but chose to support the BN which seized political power in Perak!

Moving away from the political hullabaloo, let's now discuss the breaching of the Malaysian Muslim ummah's trust in the Malay Sultan's pledge to uphold the faith of Al -Islam by allowing certain quarters especially those from the Malaysian Non Muslims to pressure the Sultan of Pahang to overturn the Pahang Syariah High Court's decision to impose 6 lashes of the cane upon the found to be guilty Syariah offender Kartika Sari Dewi Syukarnor who was caught drinking beer by the Pahang Islamic Religious Council enforcement officers during a raid at Cherating, a notorious tourist area.

The Sultan of Pahang breached the trust that Muslims of Malaysia had upon him as one of the 9 Keepers of the Faith in this federation of Malay Sultanates.

The same can be said of the other Malay Sultans for failing to actually impose and implement the Syaria Code in their states.

So, in my opinion, all 9 Malay Sultans have breached the trust that we as Muslims placed upon them to safeguard and protect the tenets of the Islamic faith to be upheld and respected as the Laws of Almighty Allah upon this Earth.

Okay, some may argue that the Sultans no longer enjoy absolute power politically ever since they became just 'Constitutional Monarchs' after Britain imposed its conditions upon them before granting independence to this country.

I am not talking about powers which involve the executive in the running of this country. I am talking about Islamic matters over which if I am not mistaken, the Sultans are given absolute jurisdiction in matters involving the practice and implementation of the Islamic affairs of this country which includes the rules and regulations of the Islamic Syaria upon the Muslims of this country.

The British did not stop the Sultans from exercising their powers and authority over the Islamic affairs of this country's Muslims.

It is the Sultans themselves who do not have the spine or moral undertaking to see to it that in their respective states under their rule and sovereignty, the Islamic Syaria Code is to be upheld and put to practice.

I have heard from top religious officials themselves that if they try to implement the Syaria Laws to the letter, they will be summoned to the palace where the Sultan will ask them whether they are planning to usurp his powers and authority?

Ironic, isn't it?

He who doesn't dare to rule as he is trusted to do so, challenges the very religious officers who take it upon themselves according to the office and position that they have been appointed to, implement the responsibilities that their positions have entrusted upon them?

No wonder we have so many unsolved syariah cases which are sort of suspended in the realm of the unsure and doesn't get the verdict or seal of approval from the relevant Keeper of the Faith!!!

I suspect that if the Syaria was to be really put to practice, the very first people to be found running foul of its laws will be amongst the so called cream of the high society that we have stagnating and polluting the country to its very core!

Frankly speaking brothers and sisters, if I am to go on giving you example after example of how the untrustworthy are being trusted to rule over us and screwing up royally in the process, the list will go on and on till Doomsday itself and I won't be alive here typing the names one after the other.....

As to the trustworthy whom are being sidelined in this country and not being allowed to be in charge of us, the list will be endless also.

Friday, July 09, 2010

Okay, it will seem like I'm trying to embark on a futile mission to define or determine the zillion and one reasons as to why the Ummah of the Greatest Messenger of Allah, the Blessed Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam are today in the weakest positions amongst the multitude of ignorant masses of humankind who are wasting away their temporal lives here in false worship of deities and self imagined gods other than Allahu Rabbul Alamin?

The reasons that I perceive them to be here are in random order. You are welcome to discuss these points that I am going to be sharing with you in an endless series of topics but I ask that you do so in a manner acceptable as decent dialog between informed and honorable individuals worthy of response. Thank you.

Alright!

Let's start by discussing about the human tendency to be egoistic.

Yup. I choose the human characteristic to be so egoistic and proud beyond measure to be our first subject of discussion. Let me give it a number and embolden the subject.

EGO / NAFS

The Ego or Nafs dear brothers and sisters is what differentiates us and other makhluks. Makhluks meaning Creation of Allahu Ta'ala. God Almighty.

It is the feeling that we have within ourselves that is defined as the human Ego or Pride. As a Muslim, whatever that I have come to learn, study or identify to be the human Ego or Pride is the interpretation of all that has been revealed in the Final Testament of Almighty Allahu Ta'ala and what has been shared with us by Khatamun Nabiyyi al Ummiyyi, Muhammad Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam?

It will also encompass my own interpretations and understandings of the subject matter borne out of my own findings and studies over these years.

Let's first take a look at the following verses from Surah Al Fajr. Chapter 89 Verses 27 to 30:

Return — this is said to it upon death — to your Lord, that is to say, return to His command and to His will, pleased, with the reward, pleasing, in God’s sight with your deeds; in other words [return O soul] combining both descriptions (both of which are circumstantial qualifiers). And it will be said to it at the Resurrection:

The verses above reveal the state of affairs concerning that of the soul which if brought up and groomed to be as a true Muslim soul will be one at peace with itself and that as to what has been decreed by its Creator ~ Allahu Rabbul Alamin?

The human tendency to think of oneself to be this or that, high and mighty above all others dwells with the forgetfulness of the average individual in not realizing the gradual metamorphosis of one's self from coming into existence as just a conceived mere clot of blood when one's parents came into sexual intercourse together?

Then progress further as a developing zygote as described scientifically a thousand four hundred forty four years ago by the revelation of Surah Al Alaq Verses 1 to 5 to Muhammad the Unlettered Prophet by Archangel Jibreel Alaihis Salam in the dark cave of Hira' situated at the high mountains above Makkah :

Recite: (reiterating the first one) and your Lord is the Most Generous, having no counterpart in terms of His generosity (wa-rabbuka’l-akram is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject [of the verb] iqra’, ‘recite’),

taught man (al-insān: the generic) what he did not know, before he was taught, in the way of guidance, [the art of] writing, crafts and so on.

Dear brothers and sisters,

We forget that we were created by Allahu Ta'ala from just a mere clot of blood, helpless and totally dependent upon what Allahu Rabbi decrees us to be?

We come into this world, naked and devoid of any skills or capabilities save for what Allahu Rabbi deems right for us?

Yet there are so many amongst us today who defy the dictates and decrees of Allah Azza Wa Jalla as if we came into being here in this life on our own?

The egoistic ones amongst us question the Syaria of Allahu Ta'ala as if they are more knowledgeable than Him Who Gave us our life?

They ridicule His Syaria as outdated and irrelevant when His Guidance to Mankind came millions and millions of years ago when our Father Sayyidina Adam Alaihis Salam was first created by Allah Rabbul Alamin fashioned perfectly as we are in form and substance plus having the Faculty of Reasoning that most makhluk ~ creation do not have?

A thousand four hundred forty over years back after the passing of Allah's Final Messenger to Mankind out of a hundred twenty four thousand prophets and messengers who were sent to guide us over the millions of years passed, the revelations of Rasul Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam comes to rock those of us who do care to study and contemplate as to the Minor Signs of the Coming of The Last Day :

`When women with children come displeased on account of them bearing offspring and barren women remain happy on account of them having no burden of responsibility of having children.

`When oppression, jealousy and greed become the order of the day.

`When people blatantly follow their passions, whims and fancies.

`When lies prevail over the truth.

`When violence, bloodshed and anarchy becomes common.

`When immorality overtakes shamelessness and is perpetrated publicly.

`When legislation matters pertaining to Deen is handed over to the worst elements of the ummah, and if people accept them and are satisfied with their findings, then such persons will not smell the fragrance of Jannah (heaven).

`When the offspring become a source of grief and anger (for their parents).'

Dear brothers and sisters,

All the above listed fore-signs that the Final Messenger Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam has prophesied has now come into being.

To those of us who have total faith and Iman in Allahu Rabbi and Muhammad Ar Rasuli Sayyidul Mursalin, the coming to be of all the above Minor Signs preceding the Coming of Yaum al Qiyyamah is not something to be ignored!!!

The egoistical ones screwing up our lives here in Malaysia and the rest of the world can't just be allowed to continue with their disastrous ways for when the Wrath of Allah descends upon us like the Tsunami that devastated Acheh Darussalam on Dec the 26th, 2004 will not differentiate between the Muslims and the Kaffirs.

The calamity that will wreak havoc in our lives will not pick and choose as some will want to imagine and dream about thinking that because they have been good, they will be spared?

The EGO / NAFS that causes all the devious ones amongst us to continue defying Allahu Ta'ala's Commandments will eventually destroy everyone and every thing.

Keeping quiet before injustice and choosing to just pray and close ones eyes, ears and mind to the maksiat that is wreaking havoc amongst us here will not help.

In fact it will hasten the coming of our retribution for our failing to voice out against the corrupt, evil, egoistical ones amongst us.

Do not even dare to imagine that you and me will be spared because we stuck to our syahadah and did our part as Muslims.

No way!

No way will we be spared because we live amongst those who are too damn proud to submit to Allah's Will!

Just take any of the aforementioned minor signs and tell me if it hasn't taken place yet in this country?

Go on! Take your pick!

Tell me if minor sign # 1 has not taken place?

Do you remember the recent fiasco over the Pahang Syariah High Court's decision to punish Kartika Sari Dewi Syukarnor over her offense of imbibing alcohol with a mere 6 strokes of the rattan cane?

The Syariah Courts system of caning is not the same as what the Civil Courts caning system is about?

The Syariah caning punishment is meant to embarrass the offender and cause him or her to repent.

Their physical self will not be harmed grievously and after the punishment is carried out, Islam regards them to be purified and they return to a state of purity from sin. Back to the state of being sinless as a newborn baby.

In fact, the punished ones become better than those of us because according to Al Islam, they are now back to being free from sin.

The caning is not carried out with the intent to cause severe physical injury. The cane used has to be of specific thickness and of a length which is determined by the Syariah Code. The executor of the punishment is trained to exact just the appropriate amount of force that will not cut open the flesh or skin of the offender.

I just returned from a 3D 2N Syariah Study Tour of Nanggroe Acheh Darussalam and have learned about the whole process. I have even been issued a Certificate of Attendance by the Mahkamah Syariah Provinsi Nanggroe Acheh Darussalam and have also been given two complete compilations of the Syariah Laws and Penal Code of Acheh Darussalam.

One from the Mahkamah Syariah Acheh and another from the Dinas Syariat Islam Acheh.

Alhamdulillah.

People need to know that the Islamic Syariah form of justice and the Civil Courts system of punishment of offenders are so different and in total contrast to each other.

All those who raised a din over the intended caning of Kartika Sari Dewi Syukarnor can be summed up as being totally ignorant of what the true Syaria system of caning actually is?

That includes those who are titled as ' Keepers of the Islamic Faith' here in Malaysia. Yes. I mean the Malay Sultans.

Their Majesties have not been briefed or updated as to the actual form of the Islamic Syaria system of carrying out the punishments according to the Syaria Code for offenses committed willingly by those who are deemed to be Muslims?

I doubt very much as to whether any of the 9 Malay Sultans of Malaysia have really come to know as to how it really is when it comes to upholding the Syaria Laws and Penal Code with relation to the caning of offenders who are found and proven to be guilty of the relevant offenses and crimes that they have truly committed?

The Sultan of Pahang's decision to opt for community service for Kartika instead of carrying out the caning sentence has actually done a great and major disservice to the efforts by those who are elected and appointed officials of the Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Malaysia who have struggled for so long to implement and bring into being the Syariah Courts System of Islamic Justice here in Malaysia.

It is truly a very sad day for the position of the Syaria System here in Malaysia when one of its so called Keepers of the Islamic Faith who swore upon the Holy Blessed Al Quran al Karim to protect, preserve and uphold the faith and tenets of Al Islam, to go against his pledge and undermine the highest position of Allahu Ta'ala's Commandments to us who declare ourselves to be His Committed and Dedicated Servants discounting whatever differences we might have between ourselves as the so called ordinary citizens of this country and those who deem themselves to be royalty and blue blood, whatsoever?

I have yet to see anyone here on Earth bleed and their blood comes out as bluish in color?

If anyone of you have seen such a miracle, kindly shoot a video and email it to me. I promise to post it on YouTube as soon as I possibly can? Wallahi!

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